目的　探讨老年尘肺死亡病例的流行病学特点。方法　回顾性调查广东省１ ０６１ 例老年尘肺（ 死亡年龄≥６０ 岁） 患者的死亡情况。结果　老年尘肺组开始接尘平均年龄、平均发病工龄及年龄、尘肺晋期时间和确诊后的存活时间都明显比尘肺对照组延长（ Ｐ＜ ０ ．０１） 。结论　提示接尘工人开始接尘年龄大，较易适应生产环境的不良因素，对生产性粉尘的危害抵抗力较强 Objective To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of death from pneumoconiosis in the elderly. Methods A retrospective survey of 1 061 elderly patients with pneumoconiosis (death ≥60 years) in Guangdong Province was conducted. Results The average age of patients with pneumoconiosis, average length of service and age, pneumoconiosis time and survival time after pneumoconiosis were significantly longer than those of pneumoconiosis patients (P <0.01). The conclusions suggest that workers who take dust may start to take dust and have older age and are more apt to adapt to the adverse factors in the production environment, which are more resistant to the hazards of productive dust